Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Thursday there were Russian nationals on board the American Airlines flight which collided with a US Army helicopter near Washington DC. Russian state agency Tass reported earlier Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, the 1994 world champions in pairs figure skating, had been on the passenger jet.
Kremlin confirms Russians dead in air crash near Washington and sends condolences
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Thursday there were Russian nationals on board the American Airlines flight which collided with a US Army helicopter near Washington DC. Russian state agency Tass reported earlier Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, the 1994 world champions in pairs figure skating, had been on the passenger jet.